Tekken Tag Tournament 2

In order to rank up in online matches you'll want to face opponents within 2-3 ranks of you in either direction. Contrary to what you may think facing a way higher rank won't help you, however by the time you get matched up there isn't really much you can do about that. While this is the case if you fight somebody much higher or lower than yourself it is still beneficial if you win.

In order to reach first dan you must go from beginner to 9th Kyuu and then make your way down from 9th to first Kyuu. This will be your promotion just before first dan. These ranks are often a win per promotion if you are within the right parameters mentioned above. You don't lose rank while working towards this, though you may in the later ranks.

As the achievement says this must be done in ranked matches, and you must win even if you rank up to first dan via a loss. I personally lost my match in which I ranked up, and had to keep playing and win to pop my achievement. Not totallysure why, but just an extra tip. Playing it out legit may be an easy alternative as boosting would be extremely difficult given the matchmaking. Happy hunting.

Since there are not many people left online, I managed to boost this achievement.

So you can either do it with a boosting partner or do it alone with 2 consoles. Since the game is backwards compatible, if you have a 360 and a One, only one Gold account is required! That's what I did:)

To do this, the easiest way is to set up the search with these parameters:
- No restriction on the connection level
- Restriction of +/- 2 levels of fighting level (the kyu/dan level)

The most important thing then is to start with characters that you have never used before or that have an equivalent level, so that they can find each other when searching for opponents.

Once in the waiting room, there is a good chance that matchmaking will find your other console (or your boosting partner). You can check this because the game displays a popup to validate or not the challenger. If it appears only on one side, it is not the right opponent, refuse with (it's time based, be quick)

When you are in match against the other console, simply make 1 victory out of 2 so that the 2 characters are promoted alternately and are never more than 2 levels apart.

It took me about 20 matches (10 wins on each side) to get to 1st dan and unlock the achievement

(If you find yourself against another opponent, it happened to me, lose the game to avoid a rank difference with the other console/the boosting partner).